Seriously - try going on twitter, or an open facebook page, or tumblr, or the Guardian's Comment is censored free and saying the above.
No thanks. I like mn and have been hanging out here for a very long time. I care about this place and how it is perceived, and whether it gets ad money to keep it going as a free service.
Again, the fact that you may (or will) be unreasonably attacked elsewhere for saying you think there are issues with trans women in sport etc does not excuse the prevailing tone of hostility and prejudice towards trans people in general that has become established here on mn.
Advertisers see it. They don’t want to be on screen with it. They withdraw their marketing spend.
It’s up to MNHQ how they run their site and where they draw the line of course.
I’m sad to see their statement taking the line that discussion here is respectful when it so patently isn’t, and it’s not just activists and campaigners noticing it and calling it out.
FWR has long been abandoned to GC regulars who are deeply intolerant of dissenting viewpoints. Mnhq know this.
They’ve been trying to tread a middle line for a long time, and for an equally long time mners have been reporting posts, and pointing out to them that the tone has shifted, and hostility and prejudice have become normalised.
Now it’s becoming more prevalent in AIBU and chat threads, and more people are noticing and calling it out, including advertisers.
You can keep blaming TRAs for drawing attention to it by contacting advertisers, but to maintain that the discourse here is civil and respectful is short sighted and misses the point that advertisers don’t like being on screen alongside prejudiced posts.